JC / Railbird

Steve Haskin

What Some Say

Steve Haskin, on March 18:

Some say Rachel did not look like the Rachel of last year following a six-month layoff and no workouts in the first five of those months.

Haskin, three days before:

When a horse doesn’t work for five months, it’s usually more than the weather that is to blame. It was obvious watching Rachel on Saturday that this was not the same filly we saw last year, at least not right now.